Asimov Isaac. The Roman Empire

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1967. — 278 p. — ISBN 978-0395065778, 0395065771.An historical survey of Rome and her Empire from 30 B.C. to 476 A.D., five-hundred years during which the heritage of Roman law and Christianity developed and survived the Germanic invasions.
The author tells about the centuries-old period of Roman history - the emergence, rise and fall of the Empire, domestic and foreign policy, religion and culture of a powerful Mediterranean power. The book introduces the deeds of the Roman emperors and a whole galaxy of prominent politicians, generals, philosophers, scientists and writersAugustus
Introduction
The principate
The borders
The Germans
The Augustan age
The Jews
The line of Augustus
The succession
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
Philosophy and cults
Christianity
The end of Nero
The line of Vespasian
Vespasian
Titus
Domitian
The line of Nerva
Nerva
The silver age
Trajan
Hadrian
Antoninus pius
Marcus Aurelius
The age of the Antonines
Commodus
The line of Severus
Septimius Severus
Caracalla
Alexander Severus
The christian writers
Anarchy
The Persians and the Goths
Recovery
Diocletian
The end of the principate
The tetrarchy
The bishops
The line of Constantius
Constantine I
The council of Nicaea
Constantinople
Constantius II
Julian
b]The line of Valentinian[/b]
Valentinian and Valens
Theodosius
Monasticism
Arcadius
Alaric the Visigoth
The Germanic kingdoms
Theodoric the Visigoth
Gaiseric the Vandal
Attila the Hun
Gaiseric the Vandal
Ricimer the Sueve
Odoacer the Herulian
Theodoric the Ostrogoth
Genealogies
The line of Augustus
The line of Vespasian
The line of Nerva
The line of Septimius Severus
The line of Constantius II Chlorus
The line of Valentinian
A table of dates
Index